Google's New Patent Lets You Point Your Phone and Ask a Question Out Loud
Google is patenting a search system that processes live video and audio at the same time, not one or the other, to…
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Google's New Patent Teaches AI to Map Every Step Before It Acts
Most AI assistants just start doing things and hope for the best. Google's new patent describes a system that first draws a…
Google's New Patent Keeps Your Ad Choices on Your Phone, Not Its Servers
Google is patenting a system where your phone, not a remote server, makes the final call on which ad you see. The…
Waymo's New Patent Tests Self-Driving Software Against Thousands of Real Road Replays
Before a self-driving car hits the road with a new software update, Waymo wants to make sure it can run that software…
Google's X Lab Patents a Way to Read Power Grid Data From Aerial Photos
Alphabet's X lab wants to figure out whether a transformer on a utility pole is rated for 25 kilovolt-amps or 50, without…
Google's New Patent Makes Private AI Training Far Less Expensive to Run
Training an AI model while keeping individual people's data genuinely private is expensive, and Google thinks it's found a way to make…
Google's New Patent Uses Sound to Check If Your Face Is Real
Unlocking your phone with your face is convenient until someone holds up a photo and your phone falls for it. Google's new…
Google's New Patent Stops Its Smart Speakers From Talking to Themselves
If you've ever watched a Google Nest speaker respond to something it just said out loud, you've found the bug this patent…
Google's New Patent Trains AI by Cutting Out the Numbers That Don't Matter
Most of the numbers inside a large AI model barely influence its answers. Google has filed a patent for a training technique…
Google's New Patent Stores Ads Directly on Your Phone So Apps Never Have to Fetch Them
Google is patenting a system that caches ads directly on your phone, scores them based on how often you've seen them, and…
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